Joseph chadwick



@with mff @anni @Hire JOSEPH GIIADWICK, 0F WIIEIITON, ILLINOIS. LettersParmalat. 69,966, dans october 22, 18er;

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAYGONCERN: v

Be it known-that I, JOSEPH GHADWIGK, of Wheatlonyin the county of DuPage, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and luseful improvementin Weather-Strips for Doors; and I do hereby declare and make known thatthe following is a full,`clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to thc accompanying drawings,

and the letters and figures marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification. y

The object of my inventonis to produce a device to be applied at andlupon the door'and door-sill, whereby the closing of the' door ,operatesupon a metallic strip arranged upon the door-sill to raise up one edgeof said strip, beneath'a rib upon the door, thus forming a sureprotection against wind, dust, and storms, excluding the same efectuallyfrom the house. 4 A

To enable those skilled in the art' to understand how to construct andvuse my invention, I will proceed to deseribe the same with partcularity,making reference, in so doing, to the aforesaid drawings, in which--Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofV my invention. Figure 2 is atransverse section of the same; and V l Figure 3 is a plan or top viewof the strip and its attachment upon'thc door-sill'.

Similar letters of reference in the several {iguresV denote theV samepartis of my invention. V V D represents the door, E the jambs or easingthereof; and S the door-sill, all of which are constructed and arrangedin any of the known forms and modes. Av represents a strip of metal orother suitable material, which lies iiat upon the door-sill just outsidethe door, which strip is secured by means of staples b b passing throughholes a a in the strip, near its outer' edge,l and being drivenA'in-tothe door-sill, as shown. By this arrangement the strip is permitted tobe raised up from the inner side, as hereinafterdescribed, so as to liefunder Va. ledge, C, upon the door, as seen in tig. 2, and thusthoroughly exclude the rain, dust, wind, and storm "from the house,which otherwise would enter through the space under the door- Upon thedoor is arranged a ledge, C, which is kept in la sloping position bymeans of a triangular-shaped bar, c, having between it and the door arubber or other suitable elastic strip, .marked d, as clearlyshown infig, 2, thewhole being firmly secured to the door by meansl of screws sor their equivalent, the said rubber formingia close joint between theledge C and the door, and so preventing the rain vfrom passing downbetween the ledge and door, which otherwise would thus admit the raininto the-room and lenter the holes inthe door, in which the screws takehold, thereby causing the wood to decay andthe ledge to become loosenedand unscrviceable, thc-roby doing, away wit-hall' theA advantages aimedat in the employment of the strip. Upon one end ofthe strip A isattached, at the and= remote from thefhinged edge of the door,` a curvedarm, B, which -is secured to the stripby moans oi' a screw,

vas shown, so that when the door is closed nearly, into its place, theedge of the ledge C strikes upon said arm i and for the purposesdescribed.v

B and raises upthe edge of the strip A vinto place, as desired, and asshown in figs. I and 2.

Having described thehconstruction and opera-tion ot"`hiy invention, Ilwill 'proceed to specify what I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent l y A p I claim the arrangement of a rubber packing, d, betweenthe door and ledge C,-substantially in them-inner JOSEPH' CIIADWICK.

Witnesses:

. J. LgRAwsoN W. E. Means.

